Monday, December 12, 2011

Ice cream and brownies

I made this tiny ice cream dessert for family who came over for lunch
this weekend. Ganache, 3 tiny scoops of vanilla ice cream and a brownie
in the shape of a star. I loved this dessert. First of all I love
tiny dishes! I just bought these from Bed Bath and Beyond 12 for $20
and used the $5 off coupon. And two of my favorite sweets are ice cream
and brownies. I prepared this ahead of time and kept them in my freezer on my tray.

I am a loyal fan of Ghiradelli brownies and have only made those. But I didn't have any brownie mix at home so I found this recipe that I really liked which I used this weekend.

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons water

1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, butter and
water. Cook over medium heat until boiling. Remove from heat and stir in
chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the chocolate
mixture. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven,
until brownies set up. Do not overbake! Cool in pan and cut into
squares.

7 comments:

MMMMMM!!! That looks so good! I went to BB&B with your sis and we were just ogling the mini-dishes!! *drool* One day, if I ever have a house big enough to entertain people and store everything, I'm totally going to go buckwild getting serving dishes!!

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